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horror

horror, a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

horror , ōris, m.: a roughening or bristling; (fig.), a shuddering; terror, dread, horror, dismay, 2.559; clashing din, 2.301. (horreō)

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horrores Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural, Noun: masculine accusative plural of horror

See horrores in Morpho

horror, ōris, m. [horreo], a standing on end, standing erect, bristling.
  • I Lit. (only poet. and very rare): comarum, Luc. 5, 154; Val. Fl. 1, 229: pontus non horrore tremit, i.e. was not ruffled, agitated, Luc. 5, 446; cf.: montes horrore nivali semper obducti, Amm.15, 10, 1.—*
    • B Trop., roughness, rudeness of speech: veterem illum horrorem malim quam istam novam licentiam, Quint. 8, 5, 34.—
  • II Transf. (cf. horreo, II.).
    • A A shaking, trembling.
      • 1 In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tremulo ramos horrore moveri, Ov. M. 9, 345: horror soli, Flor. 2, 6.—
      • 2 In partic.
        • a A shaking, shivering, chill, coldfit, ague-fit (class.): mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit, Verg. A. 3, 29; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 563: frigus voco ubi extremae partes membrorum inalgescunt: horrorem, ubi totum corpus intremit, Cels. 3, 3: Atticam doleo tam diu: sed quoniam jam sine horrore est, spero esse ut volumus, Cic. Att. 12, 6 fin.: horrorem tertianae et quartanae minuere, Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 150.—
        • b A shaking, shuddering, quaking, trembling with fright; dread, terror, horror (class.): est ea frigida multa, comes formidinis, aura, quae ciet horrorem membris et concitat artus, Lucr. 3, 291: ea res me horrore afficit, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16 (1068); cf. id. ib. 66 (1118): di immortales, qui me horror perfudit! quam sum sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit! Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3: me luridus occupat horror Spectantem vultus etiamnum caede madentes, Ov. M. 14, 198: frigidus artus, Dum loquor, horror habet, id. ib. 9, 291: spectare in eadem harena feras horror est, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4.—
        • c A shaking or trembling with joy: laetus per artus horror iit, Stat. Th. 1, 494; cf.: me quaedam divina voluptas percipit atque horror, Lucr. 3, 29 sq.—
        • d Dread, veneration, religious awe: hic numinis ingens horror, Val. Fl. 2, 433: arboribus suus horror inest, Luc. 3, 411: animos horrore imbuere, Liv. 39, 8, 4: perfusus horrore venerabundusque, id. 1, 16, 6. —
    • B That which causes dread, a terror, horror (poet.): serrae stridentis, Lucr. 2, 411: validi ferri natura et frigidus horror, id. 6, 1011: Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror, id. 3, 1034; imitated by Sil.: jacet campis Carthaginis horror, Sil. 15, 340.

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